"Don't Zhang Chu plan to let us go? He is surrounded by his news abroad."

Chen Xu, a writer who had just finished signing activities, complained that he signed forty or fifty readers at the signing ceremony held by Capital Publishing House. However, he didn't expect that those readers were talking about how to buy the Chinese version of "Da Vinci Code" in Germany, which is indeed a bit hurtful.

Apart from Chinese readers, no one would come to buy Chen Xu's works. Even if this group of people who live in Germany can speak German, they will definitely be more friendly to Chinese.

It just so happens that everyone is Chinese. After meeting it, they can exchange experiences and see what is the most convenient way to do it, but this has stimulated the rest of the writers.

It’s like when everyone is in bed, the wife is calling another man’s name. You can imagine how humiliating it is!

Another writer, Lu Yingjie, said with a deep sense of the same feeling: "Who made him the most famous Chinese writer overseas now? There are also reporters interviewing me and asked if there is any chance to award "Boyant Pi" this year, and after all, I won the Booker Award."

"Then what do you answer?" Yu Xin pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and asked curiously.

"What else can I say, I definitely don't know! This guy is out there overseas, but he doesn't even attend the Writers Association meeting. Where does he get the capital to learn from those great writers now?"

Now the award is Zhang Chu’s only shortcomings. Whether at home or abroad, qualifications are his biggest shortcomings.

Those awards abroad also depend on qualifications. The Booker Award was a surprise because of Random House's strong push, and there was almost no hope for the rest of the awards.

This is actually related to the type of writing he writes. Most of the awards won are literary works. Now Zhang Chu writes almost all the best-selling literature, and he has never heard of JK Rowling or Stephen King, and George Martin have won literary awards!

These works are not very popular in the literary world, but they only won awards in the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, World Fantasy Literature Award, World Horror Literature Award, and Trajectory Award.

Now readers are discussing Zhang Chu's "Da Vinci Code", reporters are asking about related matters, and even the online reports and posters on the street have not been removed!

Every time they see the painting of Mona Lisa in Frankfurt, they will think of Zhang Chu's book in their minds, which has almost formed a conditioned reflex.

Even when they were wandering in the bookstore in downtown Frankfurt, they could see the orange Bengal tiger and Indian boy drifting on the blue sea by Zhang Chu himself!

"Do you think "The Fall of the Giant" prevent Zhang Chu from reaching the New York Times bestseller rankings? It is said that this time it will be released this week."

Among the main categories of best-selling in the European and American book markets, suspense, fantasy, science fiction, and love are still the big ones, but it cannot be said that the rest of the types are not best-selling, and history and family emotions are also very popular.

Although there are leading best-selling categories, the categories in the whole best-selling field are more diverse.

"The Fall of a Giant" also made a big splash at the Frankfurt Book Fair. With a book title and a thousand-word outline, it was fiercely fought over by major European and American publishers, and the copyright payment in the end reached an unprecedented 50 million US dollars!

When the first edition of "The Fall of a Giant" was launched, it easily topped the New York Times bestseller rankings, swept the major rankings of 16 European and American countries at the fastest speed, and was hailed as a super-seller who can sell one book every 3 seconds.

Now that it is about to be printed again, it is definitely the biggest competitor of Da Vinci Code!

Even though readers already know the content and even many people have bought it to read it, Americans' love for it has not diminished.

If the two works were in conflict at the first printing, Zhang Chu would be at a disadvantage.

But now the other party has reprinted it, and in this case, Zhang Chu is given the possibility of victory.

On the one hand, they are American writers with extremely solid reader foundation, and on the other hand, they are young foreigners who have emerged recently. These two have their own advantages and disadvantages!

"It seems that "The Da Vinci Code" is more popular now. According to the data statistics from reporters, the pre-sales in North America have almost exceeded 500,000 copies, and they are about to break the first week record of Asian writers in North America." Chen Xu was still rational, and he was quite supportive of Zhang Chu at this time.

For a long time, international bestsellers have always been the world of European and American writers. Few writers from other regions such as Asians can be well-known and recognized by the whole world!

If Zhang Chu could tear apart in North America, it would be good news for all Asian writers and would be exciting.

"I can only say hope. If he can step on the fall of the giant this time, he will be a little bragging, even the reprinted book will be very awesome."

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Time passed quietly, and when the Frankfurt Book Fair was coming to an end, representatives from various countries and publishing houses had already left one after another.

Everyone from Hanlin Culture Media did not stay to see the closing ceremony. They booked a plane ticket to return to China on the evening of the Ninth.

Although several flights were temporarily added from Frankfurt to Yanjing, there were still no available seats, and almost all of them were related to the publishing industry.

If such a group of people gather together, the topic must be inseparable from the publishing industry.

Although the people from Nanhai Publishing Company are not on this flight, both Ye Shumei and Zhou Kang are familiar with Yanjing's publishing houses, so they can also talk about them together.

"Old Zhou, the most famous one at the book fair is your company. You have made a lot of money this time, right?"

Zhou Kang said modestly: "No, you have gained a lot, and you have won the Chinese distribution rights for several best-selling books. If they are well operated, the library will have to add several series."

The two of them praising each other made the rest of them laugh, "Don't blow all of you, this makes us envious!"

"Yes, Lao Zhou, you made the right move at the beginning. You switched from a publishing house to an agency, and now you have become Zhang Chu's agent. I have seen it for less than two years, and you can buy a house in Yanjing again."

"Mr. Ye, is your company still recruiting people? Do you think my old arms and legs are okay?"

Ye Shumei smiled heartily: "Of course, Lao Wu, please go back and resign."

This is indeed the truth. Now Hanlin Culture Media has more and more businesses, and now that "Da Vinci Code" is about to be launched, the number of people needed will only increase!

Instead of recruiting some newbie who don’t know anything, it’s better to find these old birds who are familiar with the market, have many connections and are experienced.

Nowadays, the treatment of Hanlin Culture Media is second to none in the industry, and as long as Zhang Chu can continue to write books, there will be no bankruptcy!

"Mr. Ye openly poached the corner, this is not good."

"Okay, okay, after you return to Yanjing, you can talk to me or Lao Zhou, and it will definitely not be worse than your current treatment."

This is how you change jobs. Everyone wants to jump to a place with good treatment, but they have never seen one get worse and worse.

Even if these people have the idea of ​​changing jobs, it is certainly not easy to express directly in front of so many people. No matter how much they joke, the rest of them have changed the topic to avoid being in a bad situation.

"The Da Vinci Code will be launched tomorrow. How much is the pre-sale now?" As soon as this question came out, everyone in the cabin pricked up their ears, wondering how high it can soar!

Zhou Kang said without hesitation: "The pre-sale works in online bookstores have started shipping one after another according to the order time. By the time we boarded the plane, the pre-sales had almost reached 1.17 million copies, and it is estimated that by midnight, it will be around 1.3 million."

The pre-sale volume alone exceeded one million!

This number is extremely shocking to publishers. Non-sequel works or non-fantasy works are just a suspense adventure.

"The Da Vinci Code" directly increased the pre-sale volume of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" by more than one step!

"It's so scary, this number is simply desperate!"

"Fortunately, our company published children's books, and there was no direct competition, otherwise it would be miserable."

"Zhang Chu is really good at selling, and your early marketing was also very successful. Relevant news has been around since September, and there is no duplicate every time!"

"The publishing market is completely under Zhang Chu's world. If this guy maintains such a high level of creative work, he will belong to him in the next few decades."

"Tsk tsk, this week is about 3 million!"

"Didn't you say that this book is very popular overseas? How is the sales in the United States and the United Kingdom?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Kang searched for relevant data in his mind, "The United States is about 12 hours slower than China. The number given by Random Bookstore before was that it had a total of 820,000 copies on Amazon and physical bookstores, which is already the highest level among Asian writers. Then the UK has 410,000 and France has 370,000, and the momentum is maintaining quite well."

The main scenes of "The Da Vinci Code" in the early stage are located in France. In addition to the promotion of Sao Paulo Publishing Company, the pre-sale volume in France is catching up with the UK.

The UK has always been in a relatively active area in Zhang Chu's overseas market. "Detective Sherlock" was broadcast on British BBC TV, and "Pi's Fantasy Drift" won the Booker Award in the UK. It can be said that the arrogant British people appreciate Zhang Chu's works very much!

The pre-sale volume in the United States has also been rising, and Amazon American Bookstore has even given a large cover to promote it. Works sold at a price of up to $24 cannot resist readers' love.

It can be said that "The Da Vinci Code" is like a volcano about to erupt around the world, with almost no blind spots!

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Nine thousand words were delivered in the third update, which was almost the halfway point of the usual fourth update.
Chapter completed!